Table 3.

Comparison of the platysma muscle spindle abundance with data from other related muscles (calculations from Banks, 2006)

Muscle	Mass (g)	Actual number	Predicted number	Relative abundance
Temporalis	14.73	217	91	2.4
Pterygoideus medialis	7.62	155	66.1	2.3
Sternocleidomastoideus	53.4	303	169.9	1.8
Platysma	30	177	108	1.64
Sternothyroideus	6.2	86	59.8	1.4
Omohyoideus	6.2	83	59.8	1.4
Sternohyoideus	6.1	41	59.3	0.69
Thyrohyoideus	2	12	34.5	0.35
Geniohyoideus	3.3	15	44.0	0.34
Stylohyoideus	1.2	6	26.9	0.22
Digastricus	7.2	7.5	64.3	0.12